JAMES PONSOLDT
Writer/Director
TALenT DeVeLoPMenT ProGrAM:
Fast Track
CUrrenT ProJeCT:
refresh, refresh (Narrative Feature)
LOGLINE
Two teenage boys, one whose father is serving a prison sentence and the other whose father is unexpectedly
off fi ghting a distant war, must prove to themselves and their families their worth as men. In measures of
heartbreak, brutality and humor, Refresh, Refresh takes an unfl inching look at the effects of absent fathers
and the unforeseen repercussions of youthful, impulsive violence.
BIO
James Ponsoldt was born and raised in Athens, Georgia, received a BA in English from Yale, and an MFA in
directing from Columbia University’s Graduate Film Program (where his thesis fi lm, Junebug and Hurricane,
which starred Janeane Garofalo, won the Student Choice Award for Best Film). Ponsoldt’s short fi lms and
debut feature, Off the Black (starring Nick Nolte, Timothy Hutton, Trevor Morgan, and theatrically distributed
by THINKFilm), have played at more than 100 festivals worldwide, including Sundance, Tribeca, Stockholm,
Clermont-Ferrand, Edinburgh, and Hamptons. His screenplay, Refresh, Refresh, was developed at the
2007 Sundance Screenwriters’ Lab, received the Lynn Auerbach Screenwriting Fellowship, was a fi nalist
for the Sundance/NHK International Filmmakers Award, and was recently included in the 2008 Hampton’s
Screenwriters’ Lab. Ponsoldt’s new documentary, We Saw Such Things, premiered at the 2008 Sarasota
Film Festival.

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